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Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... Association/Rice Warner research on the subject, Slattery explained at a press conference in Sydney that, in general, SMSF trustees generally only start making significant contributions after they turn 50. The research was based on 14,351 member entries ...

Green light for SMSF family property investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
An important decision from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has paved the way for SMSF trustees and members to invest in family property, according to DomaCom. The ATO stated that an investment by an SMSF in by acquiring property held in a DomaCom ...

Mason Stevens delivers new SMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... Stevens' managing director Thomas Bignill. Bignill said the investment strategy is ideal for pre-retirees, retirees and SMSF trustees who lean towards a greater concentration risk to equities. "By investing in high quality short to medium term bonds ...

ASIC cancels 133 SMSF auditor registrations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... check if they have lodged annual statements or update their contact details through their ASIC Connect account. SMSF trustees and members wishing to check whether their auditor is registered or whether a person has been disqualified can do so by searching ...

SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
SMSF trustees are trending upwards in their use of financial planners for the first time since 2007 according to new research jointly released by Vanguard and Investment Trends. The firms' annual self-managed superannuation fund report, which collated ...

Half of SMSFs set for super change slug

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... $166,000 per annum. Left inside super, this jumps to $173,000 per annum. The study also found that almost one in five SMSF trustees over the age of 65 have balances above $1.6 million meaning this segment of the super savings system is likely to be impacted ...

SuperGuard360 gives SMSF trustees greater protection

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... of investing outside the flags: Protecting SMSFs from financial misconduct - also looks at what sort of measures SMSF trustees can take to protect their superannuation assets. According to the whitepaper, the types of fraud that impact SMSFs most commonly ...

MORE Super switches to Simple Fund 360

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... accounting firms, law firms, many listed and private company groups, accountants, financial planners and many individual SMSF trustees.

SMSFs must increase global equities investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... international equities in the coming years," Alcock said. He said on the HUB24 platform about 25% of clients are SMSF trustees, who all have advisers, and their allocation to international equities is between 17 to 20%. "Now that's a far way off the ...

ASIC threatens SMSF auditors with cancellation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... confirm if they have lodged annual statements or update their contact details by accessing their ASIC Connect account. SMSF trustees and members can check whether their auditor is registered, or whether a person has been disqualified, by searching ASIC's ...